O.J. Simpson will confess someday, says old pal

O.J. Simpson will confess to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, his old friend Ron Shipp believes. (Ethan Miller/AP)

O.J. Simpson will confess to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman —at least his old friend Ron Shipp thinks so.

Shipp, a former police officer who testified at Simpson's 1995 murder trial that he'd been a pal of O.J. for 26 years, says the Juice can only exorcize his demons by coming clean.

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"The guy is in total torment today," Shipp told us at the Los Angeles premiere of ESPN's "O.J. Simpson: Made in America" docu-series. "Someone told me he is 300 pounds and he looks horrible. O.J. has always felt his appearance meant everything and now, deep down inside, he is starting to live with himself."

Shipp says when Simpson gets sprung from the Nevada jail where he's serving time for an unrelated armed robbery conviction — which could be as soon as next year — the Juice will let loose with the truth.

Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, left, and her friend Ron Goldman, both of whom were murdered and found dead in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994. (Uncredited/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

"I hope one day he actually will rid us of all the doubt and all the conspiracy theories and say 'sorry I cannot go to prison (because of double jeopardy laws), but I am sorry I did it," says Shipp, who believes that will happen.

"I do," he said. "I got a call about a conspiracy theory about Jason (Simpson's son) being the killer and I thought, man, come on Juice, just say 'my son didn't do it.'"

Shipp confessed he had mixed feelings about Simpson at the time of the murders, but not now.

"I should have known," he confessed. "I didn't really see him at the time doing that because of my love for him. I didn't want to believe the things I saw."

"I'm doing this for my conscience and my peace of mind," he snapped at Simpson's Dream Team of attorneys in 2005. "I will not have the blood of Nicole on Ron Shipp. I can sleep at night, unlike a lot of others."

Shipp raised eyebrows during that testimony by saying Simpson had confessed to him that he had dreamed about killing his wife Nicole Brown Simpson.

The first part of "O.J.: Made in America" will premiere on ABC at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 11.